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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do it all the time, I don't see the big deal. We are going to pay for them when we get to the checkout counter, what's the big difference? [/quote]
Because at the time that you are consuming them, you haven't paid for them yet.  They don't belong to you.  The store has no way of knowing that you're not going to just put the empty container on the next empty shelf that you come across.  [b]It's considered shoplifting in many states.  Whether the store chooses to enforce it or not, it is still illegal in many states.  Just be aware that you're doing something wrong and don't be upset if the store makes an issue of it.  Be grateful when the store turns a blind eye and doesn't make an issue about it.[/b]

If you absolutely cannot possibly wait until you've left the store to eat, then go to the front and pay for the one item and then go back and do the rest of your shopping with the receipt in your pocket showing that you actually paid for the item.
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Lighten up, not everyone is a lawyer.  The stores don't seem to mind, and it keeps my kids happy.  Considering the amount of money I spend grocery shopping, I would think it would not be that big a deal that I open a box of crackers and eat a couple while grocery shopping.[/quote]

PP here again.  Like I said, most stores turn a blind eye to this practice.  You should be grateful when they do because they are well within their rights to choose to enforce the shoplifting rule.  I've seen them do this (usually to teenagers), but they do sometimes enforce the rules.  Also, people do forget.  If you are shopping with your little snowflake who cannot take no for an answer, and you give them food and then they have a tantrum in the checkout line and you are trying to get your $200 order checked out, paid for and get your screaming snowflake out the door, and you forget about the empty wrapper in the bottom of the cart, it happens.  The store has no idea that this will or will not happen.  And if you don't think it will, read the article here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-parenting/post/pregnant-mom-arrested-at-safeway-and-loses-custody-of-toddler-over-sandwiches/2011/11/01/gIQApyrtcM_blog.html

These parents did forget in the chaos...then the store decided to enforce the rule and they were outraged at the overreaction by the store.  Whether you agree with the store's reaction or not, the fact is that the parents were WRONG and actually had shoplifted.  And then they complained that they shouldn't have been considered shoplifters.  Um, right.  As I pointed out, be grateful when the stores ignore the rule, but be aware that if they decide to enforce the rules, you were wrong to do this.[/quote]

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